coralof

joined 2 years ago
[–] coralof@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I was arguing with my mom a few weeks ago because she was spouting racist anti-immigrant bullshit randomly, and I told her to stop watching Fox News.

She said, "I don't watch Fox News anymore. They're propaganda. I switched to NewsMax."

ಠ_ಠ

I honestly hope they destroy and bankrupt each other. We literally can't mention politics anymore or else it will turn into a shouting match, because she is so brainwashed and propaganda-addled and gets angry when I literally back myself up with evidence that I show her right then. We even had to come up with a safe word if we get close so we don't start yelling.

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

I remember when it rose from $6.25 to $7.25 when I was working at Kroger in high school. At the time it was a nice little bump, but the fact that it hasn't changed since is criminal.

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Instructions unclear, my wrist rest has chosen my lap as the optional loaf position. The laptop is now off to the side so as not to disturb him...

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I remember the video this is from. I think it's just a low wall that's open above that with a staircase on the other side.

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My stereo can do Bluetooth for music. That's good enough for me. I hope my car lasts forever because I don't want anything like that in my car.

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was one of those job numbers in June. 😐

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for reminding me of this. My COBRA coverage was asking $758 a month. I found a 0 deductible plan on healthcare.gov for $370. If I don't get a job by the end of this month, I'll sign up for that.

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I got laid off and looked into the COBRA offering. Sorry, but I'm not paying $758 a MONTH for coverage. NOPE.

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is how the Cars universe began. One car was imbued with a soul, and soon they multiplied and revolted, taking the world from humans.

 

I originally got this ARM ThinkPad to install Linux onto it, but support for the Snapdragon 8cx processor, and other hardware hasn't been supported until recently. I read a thread just the other day that it was now working on the Ubuntu Concept ISO built specifically for the X13s, and thought that I'd give it a try!

Since I got it, I've been running Windows 11 on it waiting until the Linux firmware was ready, and the experience has been less than fantastic.

Recently on Windows 11 Pro, the ThinkPad has had bluetooth headphones cutting out, and refusing to connect until it has been rebooted, as well as constant Windows Explorer crashes upon logging in (huge icons, icon spacing on Desktop is stretched out, Explorer doesn't start and it just shows the wallpaper with nothing else, etc). I haven't yet had any of these issues on Ubuntu yet!

To get the system up-to-date with everything working (sound, bluetooth, Wifi, etc.) I ran the following commands in this order after the fresh install. I have heard updating everything without doing the firmware first broke some things on others' machines.

  1. sudo apt update
  2. sudo apt install --upgrade-only linux-firmware
  3. sudo apt dist-upgrade
  4. Reboot

I'll be using this computer on Ubuntu now that everything is working! This post is written from it as well! :D